Szakértői pozíciók EU-s keretszerződéses projekteken
Az AAM Tanácsadó Zrt. két Európai Uniós keretszerződésnek (FWC) köszönhetően felkerült az Európai Bizottság minősített beszállító listájára két szakterületen is: LOT3 Telekommunikáció és IT, valamint LOT7 Közigazgatás és Belügy. Az FWC egy egyszerűsített közbeszerzési eljárás kis értékű projektekre (200.000€ alatt), célja, hogy az Európai Bizottság gyorsabban, hatékonyabban támogathassa a „harmadik országbeli” intézményeket. Az egyes keretszerződések különböző szakmai területeket fednek le, valamint az összes fontosabb közösségi programot és régiót, köztük a PHARE, ISPA, SAPARD, TACIS, CARDS, OBNOVA, ALA, MEDA, FED programokat. A keretszerződések többnyire 3-5 évre szóló szerződések, amelyekben konzorciumok válnak "beszállítóvá" adott szakterületen (LOT).
Az alábbi szakterületen keresünk bármilyen nemzetiségű szakértőt az Európai Uniós keretszerződéses projektjeinkben való szakértői részvételhez:
- Telekommunikáció
- Földmegfigyelés
- IT és alkalmazások
- Közigazgatás
- Emberi jogok
- Demokratizáció
- Jog és igazságügy
- Civil társadalom
- Regionális fejlesztés
- Belügy és szervezett bűnözés, illetve terrorizmus elleni küzdelem
Amennyiben érdekli a lehetőség, kérjük küldje el számunkra önéletrajzát, illetve további információért írjon a következő címre: rokob.agnes@aam.hu.
Customs/NCTS experts in Macedonia for fixed term
We are looking for Customs/NCTS experts in Macedonia for fixed term (starts no sooner than November 2010) with the following profiles:
Key Expert 1, Team Leader, (indicatively 220 working days)
The team leader should have a broad general knowledge of all processes and issues related to functioning of a Customs Administration within the EU.
The team leader will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the project activities, also directly participating in such activities as required, especially those related to studies and gap analysis, drafting and advising, as well as in training.
Qualifications and skills
- Minimum Bachelors degree and preferably, education up to Master’s Degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of a four-year course of study) in Economics, Law, Business Administration or other areas relevant to the project; or equivalent 10-year professional experience in areas associated with the project (additional to the requirements of the General professional experience);
- Full working knowledge of EU Customs standards and legislation and of the Convention on Common Transit/NCTS;
- Ability to work in a multiethnic environment and manage a team of international and local staff;
- Ability to supervise and co-ordinate all technical aspects of a contract;
- Ability to ensure good communication and coordination with the Beneficiary, the Contracting Authority and other partners and stakeholders;
- Excellent presentation, communication, reporting and drafting skills;
- Fluent in both spoken and written English;
- General professional experience
- Minimum of 10 years working experience in the Customs business, or other area associated with this project, either as a staff member or as an external consultant or advisor; (over and above the requirements of the paragraph “Qualifications and skills” above) of which minimum 5 year (preferably 10) experience with an EU or accession country Customs Administration;
- Knowledge of EU best practices in Customs business;
- Previous experience with EU-funded projects in transition economies
- Specific professional experience
- Solid experience in the field of Common Transit and NCTS procedures, with an excellent understanding of relevant issues;
- Previous experience in projects introducing the Common Transit / NCTS system would be a definitive asset;
- Previous experience in delivering technical assistance in the region would be considered an advantage.
- Experience as Team Leader in at least one, preferably more EU-funded projects
Key expert 2, Customs IT Expert, (indicatively 180 working days)
The Customs IT Expert should have a broad general knowledge of all processes and issues related to functioning of a Customs Administration within the EU. The Senior Customs IT Expert will also be in charge of drafting, supervising and coordinating IT issues related to this project.
Qualifications and skills
- Minimum Bachelors degree and preferably education up to Master’s Degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of a four-year course of study) in Information Technology or equivalent areas; or equivalent 10-year experience in technical areas associated with this contract (additional to the requirements of the General professional experience);
- Full working knowledge of EU Customs standards and legislation and of the Convention on Common Transit/NCTS;
- Excellent presentation, communication, reporting and drafting skills;
- Fluent in both spoken and written English;
- General professional experience
- Minimum 3 year (preferably 6) experience in the IT Customs area (over and above the requirements of the paragraph “Qualifications and skills” above);
- Previous experience with, preferably, EU-funded projects in IT.
- Specific professional experience
- Solid experience in the field of Common Transit and NCTS procedures, with an excellent understanding of relevant issues, especially concerning the IT sector;
- Previous experience in projects introducing the Common Transit / NCTS system, as well as previous experience in drafting technical specifications in the relevant sector, would be a definitive asset;
- Previous experience in delivering technical assistance in the region would be considered an advantage.
If you are interested in one of these job opportunities, please contact us: international@aam.hu
Key experts for a Turkish tender (Technical assistance for promoting registered employment)
We are looking for Key experts for a Turkish tender (Technical assistance for promoting registered employment - starting date: June/July 2010) for fixed term with the following profiles:
Key expert 1: Team Leader - Social Security Expert
The Team Leader shall be responsible for the overall management and coordination of the project activities.
Qualifications and skills
- Bachelor degree in economics, administrative, social sciences or equivalent. In the absence of a formal degree, equivalent professional experience of a minimum 15 years,
- Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written,
- Full computer literacy in MS Office and Internet applications,
- Master degree in economics, administrative, social studies or equivalent will be an asset.
General professional experience
- Minimum of 15 years of professional working experience,
- International experience preferably in economies in transition,
- Experience in minimum 1 EU-funded projects or programmes as a team leader,
- Experience in analysing, generalising and prognosticating in the field of applied Labour/Employment Policies.
Specific professional experience
- Minimum 5 years working experience in the field of Social Security, economic or social development in managerial position.
- Experience in Labour Market Policy,
- Experience of implementation of EU projects in social policy and employment with a comparable budget,
- Experience in the field of combating unregistered employment and promoting registered employment will be an asset,
- Experience of European Social Fund programmes will be an asset.
Key expert 2: Training Expert
Qualifications and skills
- Bachelor degree in education, social sciences or equivalent. In the absence of a formal degree, equivalent professional experience of a minimum 15 years,
- Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written,
- Full computer literacy in MS Office and Internet applications,
- Master degree in education, social sciences or equivalent will be an asset.
General professional experience
- Minimum 10 years experience in the field of training adults,
- Minimum 5 years experience in EU-funded or international projects preferably in economies in transition.
Specific professional experience
- Experience in guidance methodologies,
- Experience of implementation of a project in the field of social policy and employment with a comparable budget,
- Experience in training of trainers,
- Experience in the EU social policy and employment policies in the framework of EU will be an asset.
- Experience in training of government officials will be an asset.
- Experience in the field of unregistered employment will be an asset.
Key expert 3: IT Expert
Qualification and skills:
- Bachelor degree in information technologies or equivalent degree,
- Excellent command of English language, both spoken and written,
- Master degree in information technologies or equivalent degree will be an asset.
General professional experience
- At least 10 years experience in Information Technologies,
- Experience in designing, optimization and execution of Automatic Information (AIS) and communication networks,
- Experience in business and system analysis
Specific professional experience
- Specialization in system for data base management,
- Experience in:
- Systems for monitoring and administration of networks,
- Management of virtual resources at high productivity computer systems,
- Designing and developing of large scaled IT systems, networks and related software.
- Experience in at least 3 data base related projects.
Key expert 4: Public Relations Expert
Qualifications and skills
- Bachelor degree in Journalism, Public Relations or equivalent degree,
- Good command of English language, both spoken and written,
- Full computer literacy in MS Office and Internet applications.
General professional experience
- Minimum of 8 years of professional working experience in organizing networking, publicity and awareness events;
Specific professional experience
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in organizing national and/or international events,
- Public relations experience in minimum 2 projects,
- Experience in EU funded Grant Schemes will be an asset.
Project description:
The overall objective of the project of which this contract will be a part is as follows: To promote registered employment through strengthening the capacity of social security institution, coordination among relevant public institutions and social partners in order to provide sustainable economic growth with more and better job and greater social cohesion.
The purpose of this contract is as follows: To increase the capacity of SSI, other relevant institutions, social partners and relevant NGO's,and to support them for the preparation and implementation of relevant strategies in order to promote registered employment
Results to be achieved by the Consultant
Result 1. Capacity of SSI, relevant institutions and social partners to promote registered employment is improved.
Result 2. A trainer corps is established to conduct future internal training of the SSI staff.
Result 3. Cooperation and coordination between SSI and other relevant ministries are increased.
Result 4. Models for inter ministerial cooperation (e.g. a monitoring system for registered employment) are identified, developed, and tested in the selected areas and locations.
Result 5. New common database for cross institutional use is developed and in operation.
Result 6. Awareness is increased at national and regional level about the importance of registered employment and social security.
Result 7. Field studies are conducted and labour market analysis are produced, and the structures of unregistered employment in required regions/sectors are described.
Result 8. Results of the grant projects at national and regional level are disseminated.
If you are interested in one of these job opportunities, please contact us: bencsik.monika@aam.hu
Vacancies for Customs/NCTS experts for fixed term in Serbia
We are looking for Customs/NCTS experts in Serbia for fixed term (starts no sooner than March 2010) with the following profiles:
Key Expert 1, Team Leader, (indicatively 220 working days)
The team leader should have a broad general knowledge of all processes and issues related to functioning of a Customs Administration within the EU.
The team leader will be responsible for overall coordination and implementation of the project activities, also directly participating in such activities as required, especially those related to studies and gap analysis, drafting and advising, as well as in training.
Qualifications and skills
- Minimum Bachelors degree and preferably, education up to Master's Degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of a four-year course of study) in Economics, Law, Business Administration or other areas relevant to the project; or equivalent 10-year professional experience in areas associated with the project (additional to the requirements of the General professional experience);
- Full working knowledge of EU Customs standards and legislation and of the Convention on Common Transit/NCTS;
- Ability to work in a multiethnic environment and manage a team of international and local staff;
- Ability to supervise and co-ordinate all technical aspects of a contract;
- Ability to ensure good communication and coordination with the Beneficiary, the Contracting Authority and other partners and stakeholders;
- Excellent presentation, communication, reporting and drafting skills;
- Fluent in both spoken and written English;
- Knowledge of Serbian would be considered an advantage.
General professional experience
- Minimum of 10 years working experience in the Customs business, or other area associated with this project, either as a staff member or as an external consultant or advisor; (over and above the requirements of the paragraph “Qualifications and skills" above) of which minimum 5 year (preferably 10) experience with an EU or accession country Customs Administration;
- Knowledge of EU best practices in Customs business;
- Previous experience with EU-funded projects in transition economies
Specific professional experience
- Solid experience in the field of Common Transit and NCTS procedures, with an excellent understanding of relevant issues;
- Previous experience in projects introducing the Common Transit / NCTS system would be a definitive asset;
- Previous experience in delivering technical assistance in the region would be considered an advantage.
- Experience as Team Leader in at least one, preferably more EU-funded projects
Key expert 2, Customs IT Expert, (indicatively 180 working days)
The Customs IT Expert should have a broad general knowledge of all processes and issues related to functioning of a Customs Administration within the EU. The Senior Customs IT Expert will also be in charge of drafting, supervising and coordinating IT issues related to this project.
Qualifications and skills
- Minimum Bachelors degree and preferably education up to Master's Degree (where a university degree has been awarded on completion of a four-year course of study) in Information Technology or equivalent areas; or equivalent 10-year experience in technical areas associated with this contract (additional to the requirements of the General professional experience);
- Full working knowledge of EU Customs standards and legislation and of the Convention on Common Transit/NCTS;
- Excellent presentation, communication, reporting and drafting skills;
- Fluent in both spoken and written English;
- Knowledge of Serbian would be considered an advantage.
General professional experience
- Minimum 3 year (preferably 6) experience in the IT Customs area (over and above the requirements of the paragraph “Qualifications and skills" above);
- Previous experience with, preferably, EU-funded projects in IT.
Specific professional experience
- Solid experience in the field of Common Transit and NCTS procedures, with an excellent understanding of relevant issues, especially concerning the IT sector;
- Previous experience in projects introducing the Common Transit / NCTS system, as well as previous experience in drafting technical specifications in the relevant sector, would be a definitive asset;
- Previous experience in delivering technical assistance in the region would be considered an advantage.
Non-key experts
- University Degree(s) in the respective field(s) of the required expertise; or equivalent 10-year experience in technical areas associated with this contract;
- Very good English speaking and writing skills.
- At least 5 years of work experience from which at least the last 3 years shall be experience in the field of their expertise
If you are interested in one of these job opportunities, please contact us: international@aam.hu.
Short-term expert post on regional statistics and EU NUTS classification
Post: Expert on regional statistics and EU NUTS classification
Location: INSTAT main office, Tirana, Albania and INSTAT Regional Offices if required
Duration: 10 working days
Starting date: November, 2009
Deadline for application: 27 November
Background
According to the EU 2008 progress report for Albania as potential candidate country (COM 2008, 674), the country has recently progressed in the implementation of a statistical regional infrastructure. Most major statistical classifications are in place and comply with EU standards. However, a classification of statistical regions comparable to the NUTS level II is not yet established. Efforts are needed to improve statistics on regional level in order to satisfy new demands generated by the on-going decentralization process.
In the framework of the improvement of the Albanian Statistical System in line with EU requirements, the National Statistics Office of Albania (INSTAT) is working for the reinforcement of the capacity of INSTAT regional offices in producing sustainable and reliable regional data following NUTS regulation statistics. INSTAT main office has planned to carry out in the framework of the EU funded project "Technical Assistance to the National Statistics Office and its Regional Offices", a set of training activities for INSTAT regional staff in different statistical sectors, including macroeconomic statistics, data collection and analysis, design of questionnaires, social statistics, census taking (Agricultural census, Economic census, and Population census), and IT tools for statistics.
The medium-long term strategy about the role INSTAT regional offices would play in the framework of the Albanian National Statistical System is under discussion, and the preparation, in collaboration with INSTAT, of a specific technical proposal for NUTS classification in Albania would facilitate the compliance of the whole National statistical System with EU standards.
Requested services
The expert is expected to provide support as follows:
- Training of INSTAT staff at Regional and Central level on regional statistics (2 days);
- Preparation of a technical proposal for NUTS classification in Albania (5 days);
- Advice on methods to obtain the additional statistical data needed at regional level (3 days).
The expert will work in close collaboration with a local IT short term expert on regional statistical databases, and as a member of the INSTAT working group on regional statistics (WGRS).
Required outputs
The expert is expected to provide a technical proposal for the classification of Albanian territorial units according to NUTS regulation.
The following inputs are also expected from the expert:
Activity 1):
- Preparation of training materials and giving lessons on regional statistics
Activity 2):
- Identify the socio–economic indicators in place at regional level in Albania
- Provide the definitions of the socio–economic indicators according to the European Regional and Urban Statistics Reference Guide, 2009 version
Activity 3):
- Develop draft methodology to be applied. Special attention has to be given to the territorial unit’s definition (NUTS classification)
- Improvement of the existing statistical database at regional statistical units
Profile required of the expert
The expert should demonstrate through its CV the following knowledge and professional capacity:
Professional qualifications
Advanced university degree (Masters Degree or equivalent) in statistics, economy, finance, management, geography, social anthropology, sociology, law, political science or at least 15 years of professional experience in the statistical sector.Language skills
Fluency in English language. Fluency in Albanian will be considered as an advantage.Work experience
At least 5 years experience in statistics and/or demography; experience in regional statistics and indicators, Knowledge of the EU Regio database, and of the EU NUTS classification in EU member countries and in candidate countries.
If you are interested in this job opportunity, please contact us: bencsik.monika@aam.hu
Vacancies for fixed term in Turkey
We are looking for key experts in Turkey for fixed term with the following profiles:
Key expert 1: Team Leader (TL)
The TL should be an expert with broad knowledge and experience of all process in the area of security related border management who will devote all of his/her time to conceive, supervise and co-ordinate the overall thrust of the project.
Qualifications and skills
- A university degree preferably in political sciences, law, engineering, law enforcement schools or equivalent,
- Excellent command of written and spoken English,
- Full computer literacy.
General professional experience
- Preferably 15 years professional working experience on border management, but a minimum of 10 years required,
- Preferably 5 years of management experience or experience as team leader, project manager etc, but a minimum of 2 years required.
Specific professional experience
- Having an experience as an expert in at least one consultancy project in the field of boarder management funded by EU or another international organization,
- Know how on Turkish borders, border surveillance and management procedures will be an asset,
- Having an experience in at least one project in the transformation of the systems in the EU accession countries will be an asset.
Key expert 2: Solution/System Architect (SSA)
The SSA should co-ordinate the overall architecture of the IBM. S/He should maintain holistic and ongoing understanding of entire solution and architecture, identify gaps, conflicts and facilitate resolution, documents business requirements.
Qualifications and skills
- A university degree preferably in electric, electronics, computer engineering, information science or equivalent,
- Excellent command of written and spoken English,
- Full computer literacy.
General professional experience
- Preferably 10 years professional working experience in the IT field, but a minimum of 5 years required.
Specific professional experience
- Having experience(s) in project(s) related to inter-agency interoperability standards and procedures, integration technologies, system-to system interface definition, communication flows and data exchange formats,
- Know-how on EU integrated border management and/or interoperability standards will be an asset.
Key expert 3: Surveillance expert (SE)
S/he will carefully observe the blue and green border region and personnel and will assess the use of instrumental surveillance for intelligence and security purposes.
Qualifications and skills
- A university degree preferably in social, engineering, law enforcement schools or equivalent,
- Excellent command of written and spoken English,
- Full computer literacy.
General professional experience
- Preferably 10 years of professional working experience in border surveillance systems operations and management, but a minimum of 5 years required.
Specific professional experience
- Having an experience in project related to determining and/or deployment of border surveillance equipment, surveillance premises, etc., preferably in an EU funded project,
- Having experience in at least 1 project regarding EU acquis on IBM and Schengen requirements.
If you are interested in this job opportunity, please contact us: international@aam.hu.
Statistics IT expert (fixed term, Western Balkans/Turkey)
Professional requirements:
- sound knowledge of the best practices relating to IT structures, IT management and project management
- at least 5 years in the field of statistics
- strong experience on the best practices relating to data management, data administration and data security, with a strong emphasis on meta data management.
Starting date of the project is no sooner than 2010 Q1.
If you are interested in this job opportunity, please contact us: international@aam.hu.
Vacancies for fixed term in Turkey (border surveillance project)
Project Leader
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experiences of all processes in the area of IBM, who will work mostly in Turkey and devote all of his/her time to conceive, supervise and co-ordinate the overall thrust of the project
Tasks: Overall project co-ordination; Co-chairing, with the Turkish PL, the regular project implementation steering committee meetings; Mobilising short- and medium term experts; Executing administrative issues (i.e. signing reports, side letters etc.).
Legal & Institutional Expert
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience of both Turkish and EU legislation in Justice and Home Affairs. At least 5 years of field experience in implementing IBM strategies in EU countries
Tasks: Assessment and analysis of institutional structures on border management in Turkey, legal structures in Turkey the EU acquis on border management related issues; Comparative analysis of the best practices of the EU Member State border management models; Development of institutional and organizational models with respect to Turkish public administration; Analysis of pros and cons of all proposed models; Harmonization of legislative and administrative structures with the proposed models; Determining the coordination with other ongoing reform works relating to border management; Development of the road map; Training of PID-IBM staff and others;Sharing and disseminating the outputs with the currently employed personnel; Determining the priorities and coordination with technical changes to be identified in TA 2 components
Process and Standard Operational Procedures design expert
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience in process and procedural design, in particular of processes in the area of IBM, who will work mostly in the Beneficiary country
Tasks: Development of high level IBM procedures and risk management procedures.
IT governance expert
Requirements: Expert in large IT programs and IT governance with concrete experience with high level architecture and architecture governance of complex public safety IT systems
Tasks: Development of high level IT Governance structure
Process design expert
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience in process and procedural design, in particular of processes in the area of IBM, who will work mostly in the Beneficiary country
Tasks: Development of high level IBM procedures and risk management procedures.
Interoperability expert
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience of procedural and technical interoperability issues
Tasks: Development of: inter-agency interoperability standards and procedures conforming to SPO eGIF framework, system to system interface definitions, integration bus requirements and specification, key communication flows and message exchange formats.
Security management expert
Requirements: Experience in designing security models for enterprise systems
Tasks: Assessment of security management requirements of the agencies and of IBM; Development of high level security management model for IBM and for PID-IBM; Development of: authentication and access control requirements, civilian biometric data exchange standards, risk analysis methodology specific to overall security; Specification of security strategy; Development of general security standards and governance settings; Development of overall Border Management security policy specification; Integration with overall system architecture; Development and implementation of security management system for the computerised resource management system and the virtual collaborative portal.
System architect
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience of enterprise system architectural design, and should co-ordinate the overall architecture of the IBM
Tasks: Development of high level architecture and data model; Coordinating and consolidating the findings of other experts on security and GIS issues; Alignment with results of the first component.
GIS expert
Requirements: Broad knowledge and experience of international and national GIS applications in enterprise systems
Tasks: Assessment of existing GIS related infrastructure (operations, software, data, management, images); Development of GIS data usage and exchange standards in line with the national and international standards; Development of GIS management framework; Integration with overall system architecture.
Hardware, software, communications & network engineer
Tasks: Assessment of existing ICT infrastructure; Assisting the system architect in designing the overall topology of the system solution; Assisting the Interoperability expert in determining the system/process integration tools and environments; Determining the criteria for reuse and share of the existing ICT infrastructure; Coordinate the related short term experts in implementation of the computerised resource management system and the virtual collaborative portal; Coordination of hardware, software, communications and network activities of Component 2.
Architect
Tasks: Coordinate the related short term experts in development of architectural requirements for standard gate designs.
Coordination in development of architectural requirements for works at surveillance areas.
Statistics and modelling expert
Tasks: Specification and collection data for statistical modelling; Development of criteria for developing rollout plan for further gates and surveillance areas; Development of multi-criteria selection procedure.
Risk analysis expert
Tasks: Development of a Risk Management Plan for IBM; Development of a Risk Management Plan for PID-IBM; Coordination of development of a computerised risk management system;
Coordinating risk related activities of other experts. Coordination of risk analysis activities of Component 2
If you are interested in one of these job opportunities, please contact us: international@aam.hu.
